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REINCARNATION
35 "I can't stand it any longer," she declared. "I feel that if we don't get off this boat I shall die.”
Anxious about his wife's condition, the husband decided to disembark at the next riverside village and take her to a doctor. This was done. On hearing the details the physician with a knowing smile predicted that a day or two's rest would be sufficient to put matters right. But the girl would not hear of it. She steadily grew more excited.
"I must see this place at once,” she said. “I feel as if I had something to do with it, as if something had happened to me here."
Her husband tried to calm her, but in vain. She broke away from his arm and hurried forward eagerly until she met an old peasant woman whom she stopped, and asked :
“Isn't there an old castle on that mountain ?"
“Yes," was the answer, “but it is unoccupied. If you like I will take you there."
"Thank you, but I know the way," came the startling reply, and, followed by her husband, the girl hastened up the narrow mountain path. Having arrived at a dilapidated castle, the couple sought admission, whereupon the caretaker, who saw few strangers, made them welcome. True to type, the old man began his
